ADJ
- big, high, huge, large, long
- little, low, small
- circular, rectangular, round, square
- drop-leaf, fold-away, folding, trestle
- We arranged the party food on a trestle table in the garden
- baize-covered, glass-topped, white-clothed, white-napped
- glass, plastic, wooden
- polished, scrubbed
- ramshackle, rickety, rough
- empty
- We found an empty table at the back of the restaurant
- bare
- corner, window
- We'll take the corner table near the bar, please
- dining (room), kitchen
- She often does her homework at the kitchen table
- breakfast, dinner, lunch
- We never discuss politics at the breakfast table
- conference, negotiating
- They spent hours around the negotiating table
- billiard, ping-pong, pool, snooker, table-tennis
- makeshift
- We turned the box upside down and used it as a makeshift table
VERB + TABLE
- sit around/round, sit (down) at
- They were all five of them sitting round the kitchen table
- get up from, leave
- He left the table in a hurry
- lay, set
- Please lay the table for six
- clear
- You clear the table and I'll wash the dishes
- book, reserve
- We booked a table in our favourite restaurant for 8 p.m
PREP
- across the ~
- She leaned across the table towards him
- around/round the ~
- We gathered round the table to hear his news
- at the ~
- to sit down at the table
- on the ~
- She put the vase on the table
- over the ~
- They flirted over the dinner table
- under the ~
- The potato rolled under the table
PHRASES
- the centre/middle of the table, the edge/end/head of the table
- My father always sits at the head of the table
- a round table discussion/meeting, round table talks
- All parties took part in the round table discussions on the peace process
ADJ
- statistical
- league
- The league table shows the Danish team in first place with eight points
VERB + TABLE
- compile, draw (up)
- see
- See Table XII for population figures
PREP
- in a/the ~
- He showed the price fluctuations in a statistical table. United are second in the table
PHRASES
- the bottom/top of the table, mid-table
- The team will be lucky to finish the season mid-table